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The Tortolita Mountains are a minor mountain range located north of Tucson, Arizona, USA. With a peak elevation of 4,652 feet, the Tortolita Mountains are situated north of Oro Valley and Marana, two suburban towns of Tucson. Much of the mountain range is protected land within the Tortolita Mountain Park, a joint operation between Pima County and Arizona.
The Tortolita Mountains include extensive cultural resources. Native American peoples known as the Hohokam heavily occupied the area for approximately 700 years beginning around AD 500. In the eastern foothills of the Tortolita Mountains are the ruins of Honeybee Village, a former Hohokam village preserved and maintained by the Town of Oro Valley.
Located in the eastern Tortolita Mountains is also Honeybee Canyon, a riparian area with one of Pima County's only perennial stream, Honeybee Creek. Honeybee Canyon has been the source of great contention between environmentalists and real estate developers, beginning in the 1990s. Resor
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